Shaking Family Trees by Don Merritt

MERRITT-HARRIS-CAMPBELL-SCOGGINThe above surnames belong to my grandparents. On my paternal side were the MERRITT's & HARRIS's. On my maternal side were the CAMPBELL's & SCOGGIN's.

The MERRITT's & HARRIS's arrived in Forsyth Co., GA abt 1850. Josiah Merritt & his wife Elizabeth Atkinson Merritt came from Anderson Co., SC. Their son John W. Merritt, who married Eliz. M. Davis (dau. of Ephiram & Harriett R. Cannon Davis), was my great great grandfather. About this same time William West Harris who married Martha Julian was also living in Forsyth Co. Willaim West Harris was my paternal grandmother's (Nancy C. Harris Merritt) grandfather. My other Forsyth Co.,GA great great grandparents are Marion Pilgrim, Rhoda Ledbetter, Alberry Bruton & Mary E. Carruth.

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